Tunable structural, morphological and optical properties of undoped, Mn, Ni and Ag-doped CuInS2 thin films prepared by AACVD

Ming, Shanna-Kay; Taylor, Richard A.; O'Brien, Paul; McNaughter, Paul D.; Lewis, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.mssp.2021.106224

Title: Tunable structural, morphological and optical properties of undoped, Mn, Ni and Ag-doped CuInS₂ thin films prepared by AACVD

Journal Article · Fri Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2021.106224· OSTI ID:1981715

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^[1]; O'Brien, Paul ^[2]; McNaughter, Paul D. ^[2]; Lewis, David J. ^[2]

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago)
University of Manchester (United Kingdom)

The preparation of high-quality copper indium sulphide, CuInS₂ photo-absorber material with tunable properties for efficient, low-cost, thin film solar cells using scalable methods remains a challenge. In order to address this, high quality off-stoichiometric undoped and Mn, Ni and Ag-doped CuInS₂ (CIS) thin films have been deposited onto glass substrates by aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition (AACVD) using metal diethyldithiocarbamate precursors at temperatures of 350, 400 and 450 °C. Data from powder X-ray diffraction (p-XRD), Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) suggest a correlation of morphology and composition of tetragonal phase (chalcopyrite and copper-gold-type) sulphur-deficient microcrystalline CIS thin films. For undoped thin films, near-infrared optical absorption and emission with tunable band gap between 1.32 and 1.42 eV are likely associated with donor-acceptor pairs involving deep or shallow electronic states such as sulphur vacancies (V_S^••), indium-copper anti-sites (In_Cu^••) and indium interstitials (In_i^•••) as donors and copper vacancies (V_Cu') as acceptors. Whilst Mn-doped thin films exhibit minimal tunable properties, Ni and Ag-doped films exhibit tunable morphology, composition and near-infrared absorption for small dopant content. Here, though further studies are required to explore the defect chemistry, these results show the utility of AACVD in tuning structural, morphological and optical properties of undoped, Mn, Ni and Ag-doped CIS thin films.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1981715

Journal Information:: Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Vol. 137, Issue C; ISSN 1369-8001

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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